K V ;u. lJ.o- SCIENTIFIC WORK AIDS GOVERNMENT Taylor Plan Indorsed by Stimson. LABOH DECLARED TO BENEFIT Secretary Says Men Will Be Sharers in Advantages. ARSENAL COSTS REDUCED "Unpleasant Exertion" and Ie ctmm of Pay Alike Obviated. Experiment May Be lwe In lion&l Election. WASHINGTON. Nov. J.'Sctentlflo bop management received today the Indorsement of the United Statee Oov ramist Secretary of War Bttrnson ! convinced of tu desirability and ad vantages basing bis conviction on a report made by Brigadier-General 11am M. Crosier, chief of ordnance, which was mada publlo todmy. Tha See ratary Is satisfied tbat Ita Introduction into Government workshops would work no hardships to labor. "It means a betterment and In no wise an Impairment of tha conditions of labor. ha declared In a statement. The report baa been awaited by or ganised labor and the employers of la bor with much Internet. It Is bettered generally that the question will be on for the coming National political cam paign, and for this reason especially General Crozlers findings are regarded as being of unusual import, as are the comments of Secretary Stimson. -Areeaal t'aca for Exsvrtmeat. Tha Secretary, before entering the Cabinet, was in a position to make a closa study of the problems Involved In tha direction of large forces of worklngtnen. and he felt Justified In asserting bis unselfish devotion to all efforts tending to tha betterment of labor. In making public General Crosier" report, tha Socretary says: -As set forth In a detailed statement which I hare made public today, tha War Department bas given conslder aMa attention to tha utilisation of tha method of scientific management In tha Tarlous arsenal shops of tha Govern ment. Tha Watertown arsenal has been used practically as an experiment sta tion, with a Tlnw of trying out tha thoory before applying It generally. Tha results thus far are highly gratifying and full of promise. There has bean an undoubted Increase In tha efficiency of the workmen at tha shops and a material reduction In tha cost of manufacture, but at the same time, and to my mind even of greater Importance, these results have) been obtained with out In anywise endangering their pay or requiring unpleasant exertion or speeding up.' On the contrary, any In crease in tha real efficiency must inure to tha benefit of the worklngman. WerktaawMa e He Rewarded. "To my mind 'scientific management? can and deserves to prevail only where Increased efficiency moans Increased human efficiency, and the working men's participation In the rewards re sulting from aff iclency. It seems a betterment and In nowise an Impair ment of tba conditions of labor." In his report Ooneral Croxler de clares that the ordnance department baa been experimenting with the "Tay lor system" of srlecttflo management for tha past three years, with tha re sult that mnh Important Information has been collected, though the prob lem has cot been solved. -But It seems certain." says the re port, "that either by this system or by soma other It ought to ba possible to secure better co-operation of tha em ployes among themselves and between them and tha management than baa been In tha past." Tba report shows that tba principles of the "Taylor system" ara not new and that In many of Its details It has been tried for many years. Tha baala Idea Is tha application of educated and scientifically trained Intelligence to those operations of men which were formerly considered either as being of small Importance or as belonging en tirely to the practice of a trade. FlasuUasj Roosa Provided. The manner In which the system wsa Installed at Watertown Is then de tailed. A planning room was pro vided, which was presided over by a foreman and Insured a continuous now of work without cessation or loss of time, as wall as the protection of tha material In stock. Men were as signed to keep the tools of other work lngmen sharpened: laborers or messen gers fetched and carried for the higher priced machinists, who were thereby enabled to devote their whole atten tion to productive work, and the plant was kept In thorough oriler by other men. so that It could be worked at Its highest efficiency. Experts showed these aorkmen Just how fast their ma chines mould run and how deep their tools would cut. thereby Increasing their efficiency. Hence it was possible to reduce ma terially the cost of manufacture. The labor cost of one set of parts for a 13-Inch raortar carriage was cut from fSO to $275 and corresponding reduc tions were made In other work. All this CCoafnefl 1 a Face 2. J MORRIS NOW FREE FOR THREE WEEKS EMBEZZLER ENJOYS HOTEL LITE LIKE PRIVATE CTTIZEX. Bank Wrecker Hero to Inspect Books Before Wilde's Trial la Still Engaged at Task. It win ba three weeks tomorrow slnoa W. Cooper Morris, convicted cashier of tha Oregon Trust Pavings Bank, who was sentenced to serve six years In tha Oregon Penitentiary, cam to Portland from tha Salem prison to Inspect ths books of tha wrecked bank. The purpose of this Investigation la to refresh his memory with respeot to tha testimony ha would offer against Louis J. Wilde, when Wilde Is tried for tha alleged embesslement of 190.000 of tha funds of tha bank. For this offense, Wilde was Indicted Jointly with Morris. Upon reaching Portland. Morris, who was accompanied by Prank H. Curtis. Warden of the Penitentiary, went to the Carlton Hotel, where ba has been living and enjoying all tha comforts of a modern hostelry. Warden Curtis soon returned to Salem and Morris was left In charge of District Attorney Cam eron. District Attorney Cameron says Mor rL will have an Interesting statement to make when be completes his Investi gation In a few days. TUBER WEIGHS58 OUNCES Jfcllda Fanner-Experimenter Oe-ta 500 Sacks From Two Acre. VANCOUVER. Waalw Not. X. (Spe cial.) A Burbank potato weighing S pounds 10 ounces, grown by H. P. Hanson, of Fellda. was brought to Vancouver today. On two acres ha raised COO sacks, or 150 sacks an acre. For the past few years Mr. Han son has been experimenting In tha sci ence of raising potatoes, and each year picked out tha largest potatoes for so! planting them, and then taking the largest of that crop for the next season's seed. In this way be has managed to grow exceptionally large potatoes, which are as good In Quality as they ara large. Favorable rains ware of much benefit to tha potato crop this year. REVIVAL STYLE CHANGES "IVenaturrd'- Variety Steady Thins Without Old-Fashioned Emotion. CHICAQO. Nov. I. "Denatured re vivals" are the means by which pro moters of the men and religion for ward movement hope to make Chicago tha bub of a social and religious storm center In the Middle West. It was made known today following the first meeting here of the campaign leaders. By "denatured revivals" tha relig ious campaigners explained that It was their purpose to decry the old-fash ioned revival, "and Its attendant emo tions and religious fervor and substi tute therefor a steady, uniform, nat ural growth In religious Interest." Business men. they announced, were to ba their means of reaching others. OWL SERVICE ADVOCATED East Side Business Sfen Indorse All Night Car Plan. A resolution was adopted last night at the meeting of the East Side busi ness Men's Club favoring owl car service. Tha auditorium subject was also dis cussed. C B. Merrick. Postmaster, who was asked to give his views, spoke for a West Elds location. "If I bad the authority to do so. I should build the 'auditorium at Nine teenth and Washington streets," said he. "That Is the place selected by Mr. Bennett, who prepared the plans for tha "City Beautiful.' and I believe It la Ideal for that purpose." Mr. Merrick's views were contro verted by M. O. Collins. C A. Blgelow and other. BLACKBERRY MINUS THORN Burbank Produces Smooth Vino, - After Working Ten Tears. SANTA ROSA. CX. Nor. t (Spe cial.) Lcther Burbank has developed a blackberry that Is minus the thorns. Burbank has been at work for 10 yean on this plant and as a result he has secured a bush which has branches as smooth and free from thorns as a cherry tree. Several eem!-thorn!ea blackberries have been brought out by other ex perimenters, but this Burbank berry Is said to be the first that Is really free from thorns. The plant wlxard has many specimens of the new plant growing in his biff garden here. OCTOBER IS DRY MONTH Rainfall In Portland of .90 of Inch I Nearly S Inches Short. The meteorological summary of Portland for October, as prepared by Edward A. Beals, District Forecaster, shows that the precipitation was 0.M of an Inch, which Is nearly three Inches leas than normal. The high est temperature was 7S on October 7. And the lowest 3 on October 29. Tha mean temperature for the month was It. Tha prevailing direction of the wind was northwest, there being six dear. 11 partly cloudy and 1 cloudy day a. POHTLAXD. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 5 OF GIRL HIS TO REST TOGETHER Same Grave to Shelter Chehalis Dead. ALL BUT 2 MERE CHILDREN Of Eight Killed In Powder Dis aster, Six Are In 'Teens. COMPANY IS EXONERATED Coroner's Jury, After Thorough In vestigation, Finds That Every Precaution Was Taken Girls Die Saving- Their Wraps. CHEHALIS. Wash, Nov. f. (Spe cial The Coroner's Jury investiga ting yesterday's lira In the plant of the Imperial Powder Company, In which eight young women wera burned to death, returned a verdict tonight de claring that tha disaster was an acci dent, and exonerating ths oompany. Tha verdict reads: "We, the Jury Impaneled to inquire Into tha death of the following-named persons: Vera Mulford. Eadle WestfalL Eva Ollmore, Ethel Tbarp. TlUla Rose bach. Mrs. Ethel Henry. Bertha Hagla and Bertha Crown, find that they came to their death by Are In the packing room of the Imperial Powder Company. November 1. 1911. We also find that the fire was purely accidental and tha Jury holds tha company free from any blame." lUUre Not Violated. Many witnesses. Including employes of tha plant, wera examined. C E. Byford. of Portland. Federal Powder Inspector, testified that be had twice examined tha factory and had found tha company complying with the rules for eafeguadlng employea O. C Israel, secretary and treasurer : ! the company, described ths plant and explained the rules for employes. Victor L. Bedler, superintendent, tes tified that there was no Are anywhere In tha plant prior to the accident ex cept In the furnace-room, which was isolated from tha other building. It was brought out that there was but little paraffins In the steam-heated pot which was at first reported to have boiled over and caused the powder flare which killed the girls. Rubber Heels Required. That employes were required to wear shoes with rubber heels and soles, that matches and smoking especially were barred, that women were supplied with an outer garment covering their bod ies completely to prevent powder dust from gathering on their clothes, further fConcludod on Pave 2. SEVEN GIRLS WHO fi (fiW ABOVE. BERTHA HAGI.E. BERTHA CROWN. TII.I.1E KO'rBtrH. CF.STER , SADIE ITESTFAIJ. BEMW, TEBA Mt LKOKJ3, EVA GILMORJE ETHE L THABP. INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Th Wiwtber. TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature 03 degrees; minimum, .48 degreea, TOD AT 8 Fair; easterly wind Excesses by Chinee troop block P movement. Pare 0. ; National Taft re-rlews great fleet In teeth of 1. Pas 1. Secretary of War finds Government profit and labor does not lose by eclentlflc man agement. Page 1. IUEns9etlOa Daughter of Jnllue Kruttschnltt Is married to English traveler. Page L viator Rodgers. stranded on Arlsona desert, telegraphs for special tram to bring bins gasoline. Page 1. Widow suspected of ending lives of nine per sons taken suddenly very 11- Pg Temperance Union worker etarts an tl -cigarette crusade In Milwaukee. Page 4. Roosevelt says present ware show folly of peace tree ties on vital questions. Page 3. Xyrl Bellew. famous sctor, dies of pneu monia at Salt Lsvke. Page S. Oaln of ons made la selection of McNanxarm Jurors. Pags 0. Government investigating a negation of big corner In wheat. Page 10. Sports, Multnomah Club after "Bill- Hayward, fa mous track trainer, to act as atbletlo di rector. Page 8. Injury keeps Captain Coylo out of big ft-m tomorrow. Page 8. Capacity of new baseball plant for McCrs dles to be 14.000. Page 9. Partite Northwest. Flvi of girl vlctlme of Chehalis powder dis aster to rest In same grave; company held blameless. Page 1 Bend crowds greet demonstration train, page 7. Depositors In Philomath bank are assured by examiner. Page 7. Commercial and Marina. Export buying revives drooping hop mar ket. Page 23. Active demand for cattle and sheep at stockyards. Page 22. Wheat prices break twice In session of Chi cago Dlt- Page 23. All Industrial stocks strong on New Tork market. Page 3. Noxious odors In city of late caused by low water In Willamette uncovering sewer outlets. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. W. Cooper Morris, embezzler, now free In Portland for three weeks inspecting books. Page 1. Burt Hicks, employing machinist, kills W. A. Wort man, striker, in East Side store. Page 10. Boy 8 years old gives savings to help nedy family. Pag 11. Eaat Side charter committee acts on primary election amendments. Page 11. Rev. Cbauncey O. Hosford, 91. Portland's first clergyman. Is dead. Page 14. Circuit Judge McGinn condemns system that permits Judges to pass days In Idleness while docket Is congested. Page 14. Oregon Democrati scan political field for likely candidates. Psge 15. D. W. Campbell, new general superintendent of Southern Psclflo In Oregon and Cali fornia, takes charge. Page 16. Child welfare exhibit at Armory teaches care of children from cradle up. Page IS. HORSES DEMAND RIGHTS Shorter Hours and Limit on Loads Proposed In Salt Lake. SALT LAKE CITY; Nov. 2. Repre sented by friends and attorneys, the Associated Draught Horses of .Salt Lake City are agitating for shorter hours, lighter loads and Improvement of stable conditions. The demands Insist that a limit of two tons to the team be placed on all loads hauled beyond the paved dlstrlot. with three tons on the paved streets. The demands have been placed before the employers, with the warning; that If they are refused the horses are pre pared to force the granting of their demands by the passage of a city ordi nance. Tha employers unofficially have an swered that any reduction of loads must mean an lncreaae In cost to the consumer. LOST THEIR LIVES IN CHEHALIS WARSHIPS Ifl GALE HI OUT TO SEA Taft Witnesses Note worthy Maneuvers. WIND KOWLS ACCOMPANIMENT President Deduces Need of Cruisers and Destroyers. 99 VESSELS ARE IN LINE Greatest Fleet Ever Assembled In . Nation's History Reviewed Amid Booming; of Guns Ebblnfc XI do Is Overcome. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. Fresh from his cross-oountry trip, on which he re ceived several pledges which seem to Indicate the early ratification of the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. President Taft from the wind-swept bridge of the historlo lit tle cruiser-yacht Mayflower ravlewed today the mightiest line of fighting craft ever assembled under the Ameri can flag. The President had Indicated In all hU speeches In advocacy of the treaties of peace that he entertained no fond delusion that war, by convention, could be made Immediately a thing of the past. He declared that the treaties were a step In the right direction; that the armed camps of Europe were looking to the United States to lead In what might prove to be a great world move ment toward the goal of peace, but that for a long time to come the sug gestion of disarmament would have no force. Dreadnana-bts Still Needed. Mr. Taft today let It be known that he would continue to urge upon Con gress the necessity of building at least two super-dreadnoughts a year until the Panama Canal Is In actual opera tion. The canal, he declared, would double the efficiency of the Navy and from that time on one battleship a year might suffice to keep the Ameri can Navy In the forefront of the world. Thousands Joined with the President In paying tribute to tha five-score ves sels which lay at anchor In the Hud son. Twenty-four first-class battleships were In the line. Surrounding this column were armored cruisers yielding little In power and weight to their formidable sisters of the battleship class; scout cruisers, meteor-like de stroyers, little torpedo boats, subma rines, and the rank and rue or auxll ( Concluded on Pace 18-) POWDER MILL FIRE. DAUGHTER OF RAIL WIZARD IS BRIDE REBECCA KRXTTTS CHXITT MAR RIED TO EXGLISHMAX. Ceremony Held in Romantic Xen Orleans Mansion Where Girl's Parents Were Wedded. NEW ORLEANS. Nov. S. (Special.) Miss Rebecca Kruttschnltt, daughter of Julius Kruttschnltt, vice-president and general manager of the H&rrlman lines, tonight became the bride of Henry Clif ford Woodhouse, an English traveler and soldier. The ceremony took place at tha home of the bride's uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mra Joseph P. Blair. After their honeymoon In the Ori ent, they will rtturn to the pacific slope to make their home on the borderland between Oregon and California. Mr. Woodhouse having recently bought a splendidly-wooded ranch In tha Klam ath district. The bridegroom has Just returned from a trip to Honolulu. The bride Is well known in Paclfio Coast society, having lived there with her parents several years ago. Since the family moved to .Chicago, she has frequently visited In the West. The ceremony took place In the same drawing-room where the bride's father and mother were married and the petite bride wore the veil her mother wore on a similar occasion. The old Blair mansion Is redolent of romance and the romantic history of New Orleans under the old Creole reg ime. In its wide halls and stored In Its plethorlo attics are historical rellca and family heirlooms of great Interest and real and Intrinsic value, and It formed an Ideal setting for the ceremony. SHIP FIRM TO REORGANIZE Eastern Capital of 91,000,000 to Be Converted to Moran Oompany. SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 2. The re organization of the Moran Company, shipbuilders, with an addition of $1,000,000 of Eastern money to the capital and the enlargement of the shipyards here Is contemplated In a friendly suit begun by Bertram, Gris oom & Jenks, of New York, to fore close for the payment of a (500,000 mortgage, secured by first mortgage bonds, held by the New Tork firm. The additional capital put Into the shipbuilding oompany Is available In the hands of Bertram. Griscom & Jenks, who. In addition to being the largest bondholders of the Moran Company, are Its heaviest stockhold ers. Between $400,000 and $509:000 of the new capital will be used to build a new drydock, capable of taking any ship that comes to Fuget Sound, and $250,000 will be used to Install. It Is expected that tha new drydock and machine shop will be completed this Winter. Mr. Bogle said that the refinancing and reorganisation of the plant would In no manner affect the existing con tracts held by the Moran Company. $25,000 OF LOOT IS FOUND Gold and Notes of Canadian Bank Uncovered by Workmen. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Nov. 2. Twenty-five thousand dollars In gold and bank notes, part of the loot stolen from the local branch of the Bank of Montreal September 15, was found to day under a sidewalk a few blocks from the scene of the robbery by work men, who ware tearing up the wooden walk. When the bank was robbed $335,000 in gold and Canadian notes was stolen. The money found today la the first of the loot recovered. None ,of the bank robbers has been captured. The loot was found at Fourth and Victoria streets, one block from a garage, where the robbers unsuccess fully attempted to steal an automobile on the night of the bank robbery. A board had been removed from the slde walk, the money placed underneath and the sidewalk relald. WET FEET NOT GOOD CLAIM State Industrial Insurance Oommis Bion Foils to Pay. SEATTLE, Nov. 2. Getting one's feet wet Is not such an accident as to qual ify the heirs of a person who dies of the effect of such a mishap to claim a benent under the workman's compen sation act, which recently went Into effect In this state. This Is the ruling of the State In dustrial Insurance Commission on the claim of Mra C F. Moore, whose hus band, employed by the city on a sprink ling wagon, died October 9 of pneu monia contracted from wet feet ac quired In the line of his duty 10 days before. Mra Moore filed a claim with the state for a death benefit of $4000, but yesterday the claim was rejected. SCHOOLS MUST FLY FLAG Clark County Superintendent Issues Order to This Effect. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. i. (Spe cial.) Every schoolhouse In Clark County will fly "Old Glory" from this time forth, according to an edict of Jay V. Fike, County Superintendent of Echools, who has returned from a visit to several districts where the flag has not been raised. There Is a law requiring that the Stars and Stripes be flown from each school building, and Mr. Fike will see that the rule la obeyed, he says. A number of schoolhouses do not possess flags, so for these new ones will be bought. RODGERS STRANDED Oil GREAT DESERT Special Train Rushes Gasoline to Spot. AVIATOR CHAFES AT DELAY Birdman Is Eager to. Cross Wastes and See Pacific. LONELY SIDING IS BUNK. Lack of Oil Prevents Record-Seeker From Reaching Yuma Tele graph Operator Is Only Aid In Wilderness. YUMA, Arts, Nov. 2. Aviator Cal P. Rodgers had " his first bitter experi ence with the Arizona wastes today, though he has been flying over them for the past two days. Flying at an altitude of more than 8000 feet, Rodgers was compelled to land at Stoval siding, 0 miles east of Yuma, late today because his supply of gasoline was exhausted. Stoval siding Is not a populous vil lage, consisting merely of the station house and many sand dunea There Is a telegraph operator there, though, and this Is what saved Rodgers from a muoh more unpleasant experience. Train Arrives Too Late. As soon as he landed Rodgers rushed to the station and telegraphed to Yuma for a special train to bring him a supply of gasoline. This was done, but the train arrived too late for him to resume his flight today, and, accordingly, he Is bunking In the station-house at Stoval siding tonight. He will resume his westward flight early tomorrow with Yuma as his first stopping place. Rodgers' 111 luck today was probably his own fault. His gasoline tank will carry a supply sufficient to feed his engines on a flight of about 200 miles;--but Rodgers tried to do more than 200 miles. Stay at Fhoenlz Short. Leaving Maricopa at an early hour, he started for Phoenix, going first over Tempt This was a distance of 33 miles. He arrived at Phoenix at 10:83 o'clock and after a flight around the city and a short landing at the state fair grounds, resumed his Jour ney, announcing he would "make Yuma before night." Yuma, however, was more than 200 miles away. Not wishing to retrace his steps, so to speak, Rodgers flew directly over the mountains, rising to an altitude of about 3500 feet, in order to make the passage, instead of going back to Tempe and following the easier route, down the Southern Pacific tracks. His start from Phoenix was a beau tiful one, and his speed was terrific. Rods-era Files High. I This was the last heard of him, as he probably flew too high to be seen from any of the numerous small water ing stations on the desert, until word came to Yuma that he had landed at Stoval siding. The special train sent from hers with a supply of gasoline arrived at Stoval siding so late that as night was fast falling, Rodgers decided to make the best of the situation and await the morrow. Counting his trip from Maricopa to Phoenix and over the mountains to Stoval. Rodgers covered about 22S miles today. It was learned tonight that Rodgers had landed on the desert near Stoval Siding at 2:10 P. M. It was 4:10 be fore the special train arrived with gasoline, and it was taken too late for Rodgers to resume his flight today. Rodgers is now 817 miles from Los Angeles, the finishing point of his long transcontinental flight. If no mishap occurs, he should arrive on the Paclflt Coast early Saturday morning. FOWLER BUCKS STIFF WINDS Eastbonnd Aviator Lustily Cheered at Benson, Arizona. BENSON, Aria, Nov. 2. Robert O. Fowler, who Is eastward bound on his transcontinental aeroplane flight, ar rived in Benson late today, made - a beautiful landing and will remain here until tomorrow morning. Fowler's t-lD today, however, was not without its dlfflcuities. Leaving Tuc son at 2:15 P. M., after having been held there four days, effecting repairs to his machine, he immediately bucked Into a strong headwind, which contin ued throughout his flight of two hours and five minutes. After alighting here at 4:20 o'clock. Fowler said he was tired. "It was a hard pull," he said. "I hit the headwind Just as soon as I left Tuc son and It kept up until I landed here. I shall rest tonight and start eastward again in the morning." A great crowd, apprised of Fowler's coming, was gathered at the open field where the landing was made and cheered the aviator lustily. Irrigation Contract Awarded. OREGONIAN NEW8 BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 2. The Secretary of In terior has awarded the contract to Mathleson & Webber, of Suunyslde, Wash., for the enlargement of struc tures for the Snipes Mountain lateral of the Sunnyslde irrigation project at the contract price of 18,100. 1m 108.0